Bible verse

Leviticus 22:20

You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

Leviticus 22:20 · BSB

Leviticus 22:20 in context

The verses around it, from Leviticus 22.

16 by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”

17 Then the LORD said to Moses,

18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,

19 must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.

20 You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

21 When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.

22 You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

23 You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.

24 You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.

Read all of Leviticus 22

Leviticus 22:20 in other translations

KJV

[But] whatsoever hath a blemish, [that] shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

ASV

But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

ERV

But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

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